07-02-2023, 02:58 PM
(07-02-2023, 01:15 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: I think S&T is too myopic. If we are trading for someone, it doesn’t have to be a free agent.
With the trade spread we have left over from Bertans/Holmes ($12.5mm is $7.5mm plus the $5mm spread between Bertans and Holmes) and expiring Reggie, we can get to $23mm returning. Add in McGee and it is almost $30mm (because the outgoing crosses $29mm). Make the outgoing THJ/McGee and you get to really big numbers.
I struggle to see the remaining FA’s being worth that (but I’ve been surprised by a few). It seems more likely we are talking about an existing contract at those levels.
They can get to a bigger number for an incoming player by adding outgoing players, but keep in mind they can't increase that trade spread much (if any) beyond the existing 12.5M more or less that they are sitting on, because they have to stay under Apron 1 and that's approx the size of their available remaining space.